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(Iranian women’s rights activists are initiating a wide campaign demanding an end to discriminatory laws against women in the Iranian law.)
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(Change for Equality: Elnaz please tell us a little about yourself.
I am 26 years old. I am a journalist and write mostly on social issues. I began my journalistic activities in the year 2000 in a local publication in Zanjan, and from the start I focused on social issues, but especially issues related to women and children. In the same year I was arrested for participating in a student protest and spent 3 months in prison. After that, my activities have been focused primarily on women’s (...)
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(Interview by: Sussan Tahmasebi
Azadeh can you tell us a little about yourself?
I am 29 years old. I have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theater and work with Sahneh (Scene) Magazine, which focuses on developments in theater.
How did you come to join the One Million Signatures Campaign?
Last Fall I heard about the Campaign and decided to join the effort. I started my activities in the Arts Committee of the Campaign in Tehran. As part of my activities in this Committee last Winter I (...)
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7 September 2008
Jilla Baniyaghoob Summoned to Investigative Court and Charged
Change for Equality: Jila Baniyagoob, journalist, member of the One Million Signatures Campaign, and editor of the site of Women in Iran, appeared in the investigative branch (Branch 1) of the Revolutionary Court on Saturday September 6, 2008 following a summons she received the previous week. During this session she was charged with disruption of public order, and refusal to obey the orders of the police. These charges and the summons were following her arrest on June 12, 2006 on the (...)
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7 September 2008
Raheleh Asgharizadeh and Nasim Khosravi Acquitted
Change for Equality: Raheleh Asgharizadeh and Nasim Khosravi, women’s rights activists and members of the One Million Signatures Campaign, have been acquitted on security charges brought against them in relation to their activities in the Campaign. These two women’s rights activists were arrested on February 14, 2008 while collecting signatures in support of the Campaign’s petition in Daneshjoo Park. These two members of the Campaign, subsequently spent 13 days in detention and were (...)
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4 September 2008
Iran jails 4 leading women’s rights activists
Fredrik Dahl , Reuters Published: Wednesday, September 03, 2008
TEHRAN - Iran has sentenced four women’s rights activists to six months in jail, including one who was awarded a $75,000 human rights prize in Sweden this year, campaigners said on Wednesday.
It was the latest sign of a clampdown on activists working to change legislation which they say discriminates against women in the Islamic Republic. Iran rejects accusations of bias.
Dozens of activists have been detained over the last (...)
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4 September 2008 �
Iran women activists see victory on polygamy bill
By Fredrik Dahl
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s parliament has indefinitely delayed a vote on a bill on families, a move women’s rights activists said on Tuesday was a victory in their drive to block legislation they fear would encourage polygamy.
The conservative-controlled assembly had been due to vote on the government proposal known as the "Family Support Bill" last Sunday but it was sent back to its legal committee for more work, an Iranian newspaper reported this week.
Sussan Tahmasebi said (...)
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27 August 2008 �
Iran: End pressure on women’s rights defenders campaigning
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: MDE 13/127/2008 26 August 2008
Iran: End pressure on women’s rights defenders campaigning for an end to discrimination
Two years after the launch of the Campaign for Equality on 27 August 2006, Amnesty International is renewing its demand that the Iranian authorities cease harassing and imprisoning women’s rights defenders and allow them to freely continue their campaigning for the repeal of laws and policies which discriminate against women (...)
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26 August 2008 �
A Petition We Cannot Sign
Open Democracy: Today’s globally aware digital generation is used to constant requests to sign online petitions on various issues of international concern. Sceptics aren’t sure how much good those few mouse clicks do – do those signing even know exactly what they’re signing for? Would other types of action, like demonstrations, be more effective in raising awareness for a particular cause? We’re all guilty of skipping the small print and preferring the comfort of our own laptops now and again. (...)
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The most recent articles
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7 September 2008
Change for Equality: The following is a documentation of the Campaign’s activities in year two captured through photographs. The Campaign has been successful in engaging activists around the country, despite having extremely limited resources and despite intense security pressures intended to limit the spread of the Campaign. These photographs are a testament to the courage and commitment of the activists involved in the Campaign and their determination in working to reform laws that (...)read more
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30 August 2008
Anniversary Special
Site of the Campaign in Rasht: Activists in Rasht once again utilized a variety of strategies to commemorate the second anniversary of the One Million Signatures Campaign in Rasht. Some of the activities taken up by activists in Rasht are described below:
Distribution of Brochures: Brochures, 20 pages in length, which included easy to read articles addressing legal discriminations faced by women, statistics, poetry and information about the Campaign and its site, were distributed broadly (...)
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28 August 2008
Anniversary Special
Change for Equality: On the occasion of the second anniversary of the One Million Signatures Campaign, we bring you a report of the Campaign’s activities in Year 1, captured through photographs. These pictures only capture a portion of the activities of activists in the Campaign, nevertheless, the report provides an overall perspective on the many achievements of this effort in a short period of time. The experience and dedication of Campaigners over the past two years has worked to (...)read more
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24 August 2008
Dolores Huerta’s Support of the Campaign
By: Azadeh Faramaziha
Translated by: SZ
Change for Equality: Demands are important. Having demands or having the ability to pose demands is what brings people together or even makes them akin. When you pose your demands, you can think of yourself as part of thousands and thousands who are striving for their demands in different ways no matter how difficult it may be. You can think of yourself as one of the comrades of Dolores Huerta who makes demands and knows no limits or boundaries for her demands.
Dolores (...)
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18 August 2008
Translated by: Sussan Tahmasebi
Change for Equality: Today the future of the Iranian family has entered a sensitive and decisive phase. The 8th parliament is considering the passage of a Bill into law titled: "the Family Protection Bill." The Bill has become infamous among women’s rights activists who refer to as the "Anti Family Bill." The Bill was introduced in August of 2007 by the Administration of Mr. Ahmadinejad to the Parliament. On July 9, 2008, the Bill was approved by the (...)
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6 August 2008
Interview with Amir Yaghoub-Ali
By: Mahboubeh Hosseinzadeh
Translated by: Parastou
Change for Equality: Amir Yaghoub Ali is a member of the Men’s Committee of the One Million Signatures Campaign who has been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment. Amir was arrested on July 11, 2007 while collecting signatures in Andisheh Park, in Tehran, and spent 29 days in Evin Prison. Amir, who is twenty-one years old, believes that through their presence and activity on behalf of gender equality, men can show that unequal laws not only affect women, but also harm (...)
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7 July 2008
From the Campaign’s Site in Ilam
By: A Campaign Activist in Ilam Province
Translated by: Sussan Tahmasebi
After the initial steps of collecting signatures in support of the Campaign’s petition from friends my own age, I started discussing our demands with family members. I asked my grandmother who lives in a village first. I read the statement of the petition of the Campaign for her. She began to think about it and then responded by saying: "I don’t have any of the demands that you mention." I asked her why and she (...)
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